Amanda Macias

Sen. Menendez suggests cash found in bribery raid came from 'personal savings'

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley was attacked by Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nomination front-runner, in a social media post.

The U.S. govenment faces a shutdown if Congress is unable to pass a short-term funding bill. Conservative Republicans have been the stumbling block to a deal.

A senior defense official said the attacks carried out by Hamas on Israeli civilians "was ISIS-level savagery."

Biden announced that his administration will commit $100 million to humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank.

The State Department has directed U.S. citizens who are looking for help leaving Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon to fill out a crisis intake form.

The bulk of the aid in Biden's request is for Ukraine, over $61 billion, and he's seeking another $14.3 billion for Israel.

GODFREY – Evangelical School is excited to announce its Open House event, inviting members of the community to explore our campus and learn more about our educational programs.

GODFREY - Evangelical School is excited to announce its Open House event, inviting people to explore the campus and learn more about its educational programs.

Pediatric hepatic abscesses are uncommon in children. They are usually preceded by intra-abdominal infections or caused by acute or chronic biliary disease. Cases of hepatic abscesses secondary to foreign body ingestion are even rarer but are most reported in countries such as China, where ingestion of fish and chicken bones is common. We report a rare case of an adolescent patient who developed a hepatic abscess after ingestion of a fishbone foreign body. He presented to the emergency department with emesis, abdominal pain, and subjective fevers of unknown etiology. Initial imaging of the abdomen was pertinent for a heterogeneous hepatic mass with evidence of fluid collection, concerning for malignancy. Subsequent incision and drainage then confirmed fluid collection to be pus. However, his cryptogenic hepatic abscess was not responsive to broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. After imaging was re-reviewed and repeated, a 4.3 cm thin curvilinear hyperdensity was identified embedded in the liver parenchyma. Eventually, the patient underwent exploratory laparoscopy where a fishbone foreign body was removed. To our knowledge, this is one of the few reported pediatric cases of hepatic abscess formation caused by a foreign body ingestion. Hepatic abscesses that do not resolve with antibiotics and ultrasound-guided drainage via catheter should prompt reassessment of other uncommon etiologies, specifically migrated foreign bodies as a rare but important differential diagnosis. Compared to pyogenic hepatic abscesses, hepatic abscesses secondary to foreign bodies require expedited surgical intervention for source control; thus, timely recognition and prompt intervention are crucial to minimize morbidity and mortality.